Police Probe Islamic Link To German Bomb Attempt

By

David Crawford

Dec. 16, 2012 4:03 p.m. ET

BERLIN—German police are investigating whether Islamic militants were behind a failed attempt to set off a bomb in a duffel bag at a train station in Bonn last week, said an official familiar with the probe.

Police are focusing on a group of about 15 alleged Muslim extremists residing in northwestern Germany, the official said. Germany's most senior state attorney, the Federal General Prosecutor, is taking control of the...